{"product_id":"social-crimes-a-novel-isbn-9780062259233","title":"Social Crimes: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eSocial Crimes\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting thriller of manners, obsession, and revenge that scales the heights and plumbs the depths of the New York social scene.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Jo Slater, one of New York’s premier socialites and a patron of the arts, befriends a French countess, she ignores warnings from friends about the mysterious newcomer. Soon, the young woman knocks Jo off her Park Avenue throne. But using her knowledge of the greatest historical swindle of all time—a true story involving Marie Antoinette—Jo sets out to reclaim her fortune and her place in society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the plan to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of measures: murder. \u003cem\u003eSocial Crimes\u003c\/em\u003e is a savvy social satire bursting with money, betrayal, and passion that will thrill readers of sophisticated mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grandes dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess against the warnings of her friends, she's asking for trouble. But by the time Jo discovers the truth about the mysterious newcomer, it's already too late. Abruptly dethroned and dispossessed—knocked from her pedestal by the treacherous young woman she took under her wing—Jo finds herself an outcast in the privileged world she once ruled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she's not about to surrender her throne and her fortune so easily. Reaching back into the eighteenth century, Jo concocts an elegant and ingenious scheme involving Marie Antoinette and the greatest historical swindle of all time. In order for her plan to work, however, Jo must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compulsively readable novel that scales the heights and plumbs the depths of the New York social scene, \u003cem\u003eSocial Crimes\u003c\/em\u003e also tells a riveting tale of mystery and manners, obsession and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Hitchock’s mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This novel’s got everything--passion, betrayal, money, obsession, murder. It’s the book Patricia Highsmith and Edith Wharton might have written together.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sophisticated entertainment for readers with a taste for luxury and a peeping-Tom urge to spy on high society.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ruth Rendell meets Dominick Dunne in this deliciously dark and witty novel about social climbing and murder.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Foie gras, champagne, a famous pearl necklace, and socialites at each other’s throats. What more could you ask for? Great fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Buckley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thrums with wicked wit and an insider’s view of court life in the Manhattan and Southampton of the twenty-first century. Hitchcock has seen it and lived it and shares all. She has a keen eye and a perfect ear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Brenner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888167710949,"sku":"NP9780062259233","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062259233.jpg?v=1730228316","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/social-crimes-a-novel-isbn-9780062259233","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}